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Audible range for Mongolian gerbils overlaps well with one for humans. This is one of the reasons why they have been used for auditory studies. So, most of studies on gerbils have been in human audible frequency range. They live in a group and use a variety of vocalizations for their conspecific communication. Roughly 80% of the fundamental frequencies of their communication calls are found in the frequency range above 20[Formula: see text]kHz. However, thresholds for frequencies above 20[Formula: see text]kHz have been reported higher than those for low frequencies (from 1[Formula: see text]kHz to 16[Formula: see text]kHz) by as much as 20[Formula: see text]dB. We examined how gerbils utilize ultrasonic frequency range for their important vocal communication. Findings from alert animals with paired condition showed the cochlear microphonics (CM) were amplified by 2–4[Formula: see text]dB with ultrasonic communication calls of low sound pressure levels (from 45[Formula: see text]dB to 60[Formula: see text]dB p.e. SPL), while no enhancement was observed with the same calls higher than 65[Formula: see text]dB p.e. SPL. Findings also suggested that CM responses to tone burst higher than 25[Formula: see text]kHz demonstrated magnified amplitude under the paired condition. Data strongly imply that attention to conspecifics would increase sensitivity to ultrasonic frequency range.

Sensitivity to High Frequency Communication Sounds in the Inner Ear Enhanced by Selective Attention: Preliminary Findings in Mongolian Gerbils